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Product Development Student (12 months) - Fall 2024

Canadian Tire Corporation
Toronto
$80K-$90K a year (estimated)
Full-time

Our Commitment to Students

At Canadian Tire, we are committed to providing students with a supportive and collaborative environment that fosters knowledge sharing and offers key experiences to help them develop their capabilities through projects and objectives.

We believe in setting specific and measurable goals that align with our business objectives to support learning and help students achieve their full potential.

Our culture emphasizes learning from others, continuous improvement, agility, growth, and innovation, and we are invested in building a talented, diverse workforce for the future of Canada and Canadian Tire.

Additionally, we are dedicated to building strong relationships with our student employees by engaging with them throughout their education and career pursuits, and creating opportunities for ongoing communication and relationship building.

What You’ll Do

Supporting the Indoor Cooking Product Development team, the Product Development Studentwill support projects to the successful launch of products that delivers a consistent, authentic, and customer-driven product experience through our retail brands.

  • Under the guidance of the Product Development manager & team, lead and execute their own projects(s) on the design and development deliverables (design kick-off, sketch concepts, prototypes, 2D / 3D design, design reviews, sample reviews and vendor workshops).
  • Supports the creation the technical product documentation : product requirements, design briefs & technical specification packages, and product qualification criteria that captures the customer centric CTQ (critical to quality) and CTE (critical to experience) deliverables.
  • Executes on the brand developed VBL (Visual Brand Language) for the Consumer Brand proprietary products.
  • Actively participate in product design research exercises (ethnography, store intercepts, shop-a-longs, customer visits, interviews, analysis, synthesis, storyboarding and prototyping)
  • Work closely with the cross-functional teams at key touch points to execute the design work
  • Integrates with global sourcing, the Pacific Rim offices, and line review teams to ensure a tight integration of the brand development processes with the line review processes
  • Execute basic model making (ie proof of concepts / 3D printed prototypes) as needed
  • Additional tasks that arise to support the team as required.

What You Bring :

  • Currently enrolled in a post-secondary program in Industrial Design or a related discipline
  • A passion for cooking, baking and / or BBQing - if you are as passionate about the design of a skillet as you are in the sear and flavour of the steak, you are the kind of person we want on our team!
  • Highly organized and detail oriented, able to tackle multiple projects with varying scope and project teams
  • Experience with usability testing, ethnographic research, and product development tools an asset
  • Collaborative team players with strong communication skills, who build relationships easily
  • Proficient in MS Office Programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
  • Skilled in 3D modeling tools such as SolidWorks and design tools such as Adobe CS, etc.
  • Experience in machine shop and tools an asset
  • Experience in UI / UX is an asset

Hybrid

We value flexibility. We have adopted a hybrid work model whereby employees use a combination of working in office and virtually in service of outcomes.

Each leader is empowered to decide what work is best achieved in person based on the unique needs of their team.

À propos de nous

La Société Canadian Tire Limitée (Société) est l’une des entreprises les plus admirées et les plus respectées au Canada.

Nous disposons de plus de 90 marques détenues, 1 700 détaillants, des services financiers, des capacités exemplaires en matière de commerce électronique et des stratégies de marchandisage passionnantes à la fine pointe du marché.

Nous avons de grands rêves et nous travaillons ensemble pour innover de manière ciblée pour nos clients à tous les niveaux de nos activités, en investissant dans de nouvelles technologies et de nouveaux produits et en redoublant de talent pour faire avancer l’entreprise.

Nous offrons des salaires concurrentiels aux employés de la Société Canadian Tire, ainsi que des rabais en magasin, des programmes d’apprentissage offerts par l’entremise de l’Académie apprentissage Triangle, des programmes de participation aux bénéfices de Canadian Tire et des régimes de retraite et d’épargne pour les employés admissibles.

Dans le cadre de notre programme amélioré d’avantages sociaux flexibles, nous offrons des avantages en matière de santé mentale et de bien-être total d’un montant de 5 000 $ par année aux employés admissibles et à leur famille, ainsi que des outils et des ressources en matière de santé mentale pour tous les employés.

Joignez-vous à nous pour contribuer à améliorer la vie au Canada en incarnant et en mettant en pratique nos valeurs fondamentales : nous sommes des innovateurs et des entrepreneurs dans l’âme, les résultats nous motivent, l’inclusion est une nécessité, nous sommes plus forts ensemble et nous assumons notre responsabilité personnelle.

C’est un moment particulièrement excitant pour vous joindre à la Société Canadian Tire et à sa famille d’entreprises, où les possibilités de carrière sont très variées! Joignez-vous à nous, il y a une place pour vous ici!

Notre engagement envers la diversité, l’inclusion et l’appartenance

Nous nous engageons à favoriser un environnement où le sentiment d’appartenance est florissant et où la diversité, l’inclusion et l’équité font partie intégrante de tout ce que nous faisons.

Nous croyons en la création d’une culture organisationnelle où les gens sont traités en tout temps avec dignité dans le respect de la religion, de la nationalité, du sexe, de la race, de l’âge, de la capacité perçue, de la langue parlée, de l’orientation sexuelle et de l’identité de chacun.

Nous sommes unis dans notre objectif d’être ici pour contribuer à améliorer la vie au Canada.

Accommodements

Nous tenons fermement à notre valeur fondamentale d’inclusion. Nous accueillons et encourageons les candidats issus de groupes en quête d’équité, comme les personnes racisées, les Autochtones, les membres de la communauté 2SLGBTQIA+, les femmes, les personnes handicapées et autres.

Si vous avez besoin d’accommodements pour postuler à ce poste ou lors de l’entrevue, veuillez-nous le faire savoir lorsque vous nous contacterez, et nous travaillerons avec vous pour répondre à vos besoins.

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